LINGUIST List 22.3911 Fri Oct 07 2011 Calls: Socioling, Discourse Analysis, Applied Ling, Lang Acq/Singapore Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     K.K. Luke , 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse Message 1: 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse Date: 07-Oct-2011 From: K.K. Luke <CLDSymposiumntu.edu.sg> Subject: 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: 2nd International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse Date: 09-Jun-2012 - 11-Jun-2012 Location: Singapore, Singapore Contact Person: K.K. Luke Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ChineseLanguageAndDiscourse/default.asp Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2012 Meeting Description: The International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse is a biennial symposium that advances the exchange of scholarship in discourse functional studies of the Chinese language, emphasizing an empirical orientation and encompassing such fields as language and society, language and culture, language and social interaction, discourse and grammar, communication studies, and contact linguistics. In 2012, the symposium will be held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. 2012 Symposium Theme: New Approaches to the Study of Chinese Grammar Keynote Speakers: Tao Hongyin, University of California, Los Angeles Hilary Chappell, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales Shuanfan Huang, Yuan Ze University Randy LaPolla, La Trobe University Chew Cheng Hai, Nanyang Technological University Call for Papers: Abstracts are invited for oral presentations (30 minutes, including 5 minutes for discussion) to showcase latest advancements in broadly-defined discourse functional studies of the Chinese language, with preference given to those closely related to the conference theme. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Language and interaction 2. Language and society 3. Language and culture 4. Language and cognition 5. Corpora and Chinese studies 6. Language change and development 7. Chinese language acquisition and education 8. Chinese language and new media 9. Multilingualism and identity construction 10. Language contact A one-page abstract should be submitted via Easy Abs at: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/CLD2012 In addition to the Easy Abs submission, email the abstract as a .doc or PDF attachment to CLDSymposiumntu.edu.sg, stating in the body of the email (i) Author's Last Name; (ii) Author's First Name; (iii) Affiliation; and (iv) Email. The abstract itself should be written in readable and plain English and must not include the authors' names and affiliations. Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 2012 Notification of acceptance: End February/Early March, 2012 Best Student Paper Award: A cash prize of the equivalent of SGD$400 will be awarded to a paper submitted and presented by a current student who has not had a PhD degree at the time of the symposium. Selection is based on both the content and the presentation. Those who wish to participate in the competition should indicate the intention with 'For Best Student Paper Award' marked on top of the abstract. A full paper is encouraged but not required for the competition. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 07-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.